AOPA and the D-Day Squadron are teaming up to celebrate two anniversary milestones in 2019: The seventy-fifth anniversary of D-Day […]
Month: December 2018
Boeing, Embraer approve partnership terms
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Brazilian-based Embraer approved the terms of a strategic commercial aircraft partnership Dec. 17 that allows […]
Sporty’s Pilot Training app continues to grow and add new courses
The updates continue to roll out for Sporty’s Pilot Training app, aviation’s top resource for flight training courses for iPhone, […]
AOPA named top trade association by 'The Hill'
Washington, D.C.-based publication The Hill named AOPA a top lobbying trade association for the fifth year in a row. Though several commercial […]
Budget Buys of 2018: 12 low-cost airplanes, five under $25K
You don’t have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to own an airplane that is capable of putting a […]
New 121.5-MHz ELTs to be prohibited
The Federal Communications Commission has published a rule designed to speed up the switch from 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters to […]
10 beautiful places to see from the air
From awe-inspiring works of Mother Nature to marvelous manmade structures, these 10 places are best seen from the air. Grab […]
Using Stratus to record and play back flights
The Stratus line of ADS-B receivers are well-known as weather receivers, providing subscription-free radar, METARs, and PIREPs in flight. Many […]
Training Tip: Weathering winter
It’s officially winter now, with a Dec. 21 solstice verifying it and for many of us, frosty mornings, scarce daylight, […]
'Welcome to space'
SpaceShipTwo has flown to space and returned safely to earth. Source: aopa'Welcome to space'